Features of CIFS
The following are the important characteristics or features of the Common Internet File System:
- File Access: Clients are able to open, close, read, and write as well as search the files over a network.
- Authenticate Transfer: The client can establish one or more secure contexts over the network so that there is certainly no loss of data.
- Resource Access: The client simultaneously gains access to the one or more shared services on a target server.
- Transport Independent: This protocol requires no external means to deliver the SMB messages from client and server.
- Extended Attributes: All those attributes that don’t belong to the file system will be supported by Common Internet File System.
- Flexible Connectivity: One client can make one or more networks to each server very easily.
- Notification: If the file content is changed by either client or any other user, then the server informs (specifies).
- Safe Caching: This allows the client or user to store data in order to speed it up.
- File and record locking: This protocol also provides for the locking of files and records. Therefore, because of this, it is not possible for another person to write or open the files.
Common Internet File System in OS
The Common Internet File System (CIFS) is an important piece of software that helps operating systems share files and communicate with one another in the network. CIFS, or server message block (SMB), developed by Microsoft, is a standardized protocol for sharing files on the network. In this article, we will discuss the operation of CIFS, its development, and applications to various operating systems.